right after a national election, you people can't rise above this? the president of the united states, stupid campaign events and people with emergency responders behind them as props. the republicans in the house, sit around saying, oh, hey, let it go in, we're tough guys and what about the military, let them go to the bases in their home states and explain they are cutting back and, the aircraft carrier in the gulf -- >> if we can't governor we will have an automatic pilot, and everyone admits it is not the right way to go about it and the timing is off and you need long term entitlement reform that doesn't damage the economy in the short run but the political process is broken. >> chris: which may be a reason you are no longer in the senate. you came to that conclusion. all right. on that happy note we'll take a break here and when we come back, will chuck hagel and john brennan be confirmed or will the republicans find new ways to block them? >> chris: still to come, our power player of the week no at a prayer breakfast we are talking about fairn